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Just a reminder that this game will be shown locally on cox sports CST (Ch 37 or 1037 HD) in the New Orleans area. Not sure about other stations.

Anyone feel like this game will be any different from the first? Will they find a way to tone down the Russian guy who seemed to alter any and every shot underneath? Gotta hit from outside to keep him further out. Gotta pass clean.

We seem to have held them down for quite a few minutes but didn't take enough advantage of it offensively. Besides those FT's missed by Green, we had a bad pass by Travin and then some good outside shots by Charles and Robinson. Gotta get a bit more room.

8 pt lead with 2 mins left in the half and we go scoreless only up by 2 at the half.

Not sure how but its not their big guy giving us fits under the basket in our offense. One guy has 4 blocks. Yet they seem to get to the basket fairly easy in spurts when UIW has the ball. Interior D mostly just not handling them or fouling (which seems to be heavily favoring UIW).

Also, sorry to say that Zeno has been a deficiency on both sides of the ball in the first half. May come down to FTs and our outside shooting staying hot.

Good Zeno is a really nice asset for a winning team and was a critical part of winning the Southland tournament last year, but we've seen a lot more of the turnover machine, jump shooting Bad Zeno this year.

UIW is a pretty bad team, but it's hard to see how they haven't even been IN any games (except against us of course) with Kulikov in the middle. He's 7 feet tall and while not fantastic, has some skills.

Nice job fighting through a should-win game where they shot poorly from the FT line and from three point range. Red, you got your wish with Puou becoming a monster in the second half and putting the team on his back down the stretch there. Privateers also really stepped up the defense late. Last week at home, women won by 2 and men by 4 at home, this week on the road, women by 27 and men by 10. Is it us, guys? Ha!

Red, you got your wish with Puou becoming a monster in the second half and putting the team on his back down the stretch there.

Yes indeed. Travin muscled the first half, Makur the 2nd half.

What I liked most is that while I wondered why coach didn't put Charles in late in the game to try to open up the outside, I believe what he did with the lineup he went with was the key to the win. He went with a tougher defense to close it out. Good choice. I also think his decision to pull Kulikov out from under the basket the last 10 mins really worked. He was starting to change the game for a bit there.

And yes our ft shooting was not good today. This is a game we should have won, no doubt. The last few weeks of the season will be BRUTAL with 2 against SLU and NSU. And lots on the road too.